What Do Public Policies Teach us about Rural Depopulation: The Case Study of Spain

Pinilla, V. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sáez, L.A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: This study evaluates the policies developed in Spain to address depopulation and explains the reasons for their low effectiveness. We consider that the low impact of these policies is due to an incorrect diagnosis and design in terms of their content and governance. Therefore, we propose that depopulation policies should have the objective of enabling citizens to reside where they wish and obtain the best possible quality of life. These policies should be implemented within a new governance framework in which the foundations on which they are based and the way in which they are implemented are renewed. With the support of the European Union, such action could be carried out more efficiently and could constitute a reference of successful territorial cohesion contributing to erasing the populist opinion in places that believe that they do not matter.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.2478/euco-2021-0021

Año: 2021

Publicado en: European Countryside 13, 2 (2021), 330-351
ISSN: 1803-8417

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.5 - Social Sciences (Q2) - Environmental Science (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.329 - Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q2) - Geography, Planning and Development (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S23-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCINN/PGC2018-095529-B-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CSO2017-83603-C2-1-R

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Economía Aplicada (Dpto. Economía Aplicada)
Área (Departamento): Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. (Dpto. Economía Aplicada)